{"id":1869,"date":"2018-05-30T13:54:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T13:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/?page_id=1869"},"modified":"2019-01-22T13:44:51","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T13:44:51","slug":"talk-talk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/find-out-more\/talk-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Howes.png\" alt=\"Howes\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"461\" width=\"1024\" title=\"Howes\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/find-out-more\/\">Find out more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/find-out-more\/go-online\/\">Go online<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/find-out-more\/think-active\/\">Think ACTIVE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Talk talk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/summary-2\/\">Summary<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Talk talk<\/h1>\n<p>As well as reading about a career, talking to people who do the kind of work that interests you will really bring your ideas to life and give you\u00a0further insight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ways you can network include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using your own contacts e.g. friends, family, tutors<\/li>\n<li>Attending careers events &#8211; search our events on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/careerconnect.sheffield.ac.uk\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Career Connect<\/a><\/strong> via MUSE<\/li>\n<li>Finding a career mentor in a relevant job &#8211; try our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffield.ac.uk\/careers\/explore\/ementoring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">e-mentoring scheme<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Using our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/casestudies\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Graduate case studies database<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Profiles of University of Sheffield alumni on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/edu\/school?id=12675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>LinkedIn<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Task<\/h3>\n<p>Think of a career that interests you. What do you want or need to know about working in that occupational area?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>List a minimum of 3 questions you would like to ask a contact about their job or industry, to decide if it\u2019s something that you would like to pursue further.<\/li>\n<li>Use our <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/casestudies\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graduate case studies database<\/a><\/strong> as a starting point to search for graduates and ask them about their work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/casestudies.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"367\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/careerplanning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/casestudies.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"367\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Use the filter to search for the sector you\u2019re interested in and then look through the various job titles. The names with a \u201c<strong>?<\/strong>\u201d next to them are happy to respond to your questions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are unable to get responses to your questions using this method, try out the other resources mentioned, as well as seeking out your own personal contacts who might be able to help you.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/find-out-more\/think-active\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/charcoal_nofill-Copy-150x150.png\" alt=\"charcoal_nofill-Copy\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" title=\"charcoal_nofill-Copy\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/summary-2\/\" target=\"_self\" itemprop=\"url\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/charcoal_nofill-150x150.png\" alt=\"charcoal_nofill\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\" title=\"charcoal_nofill\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out more Go online Think ACTIVE Talk talk Summary Talk talk As well as reading about a career, talking to people who do the kind of work that interests you will really bring your ideas to life and give you\u00a0further insight. &nbsp; Ways you can network include: Using your own contacts e.g. friends, family,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":1783,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1869"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1869"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2876,"href":"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1869\/revisions\/2876"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/careers.dept.shef.ac.uk\/gradplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}